Paris — There was intense security and crowd control measures in place Tuesday at the central Paris courthouse where Kim Kardashian was set to give evidence in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery in which a masked gang made off with $10 million worth of her jewelry as she visited the French capital.The court opened early to allow journalists and members of the public access ahead of Kardashian's afternoon appearance.
Some 400 reporters applied to attend the trial, but there were only 40 places allocated for media inside the courtroom.A side room was set up for 200 more journalists to watch a live transmission from inside the courtroom. The hearing will not be broadcast publicly, as France rarely allows cameras in courtrooms.Kardashian's lawyers said she was determined to testify in person about the night she was allegedly tied up and robbed at gunpoint while she was in Paris for Fashion Week.
Ten people — nine men and a woman — face charges including robbery and kidnapping against the American media personality and the concierge of the residence where she was staying on the night of Oct.2, 2016.Before the celebrity took the stand herself, her longtime friend-turned-stylist Simone Harouche told the court on Tuesday that she heard Kardashian begging for her life during the attack in the hotel suite they were sharing.
"'I have babies and I need to live!' That is what she kept on saying, 'Take everything.I need to live,'" Harouche told the court.
"I was scared that she was raped or violated.I thought the worst." Prosecutors have told the court that that when the gang, dressed as police officers, arrived at the luxury suites hotel known only as "The No Address" where Kardashian was staying, they demanded that the concierge, at gunpoint, guide them to "the rapper's wife," a reference to her then husband Kanye West.
The couple settled for divorce in 2022, and West is now known as "Ye."Kardashian said that once they got inside the apartment, the ...